Assignment Part A: Choose a variety of newspapers (US, Canadian and International) from the links below to compare. Make sure you are viewing news from the same date.
What similarities or differences do you notice? Which issues or news articles appear in more than one newspaper? How do the points of view differ? What types of articles appear on the front page? What are the top stories? Are they local, national or international? Why do you think these stories were considered most important? What can you tell about the country by the type of news being reported? How does the country's history/background affect the news? (You may need to do some research about the city/country.)
Part B: Choose one issue or article from 2 contrasting newspapers to present to the class. Answer the following questions about the articles.
Who is the author of each article? When was the article written? What sources of information were used by the author? Is there any bias in point of view? Does the author give his opinion anywhere in the article? Do you agree or disagree with each point of view? Why or why not?
Part C: Complete a Venn diagram illustrating the similarities and differences in point of view to organize your ideas. Input the text of each article into Wordle . Add the wordles to your wiki. Discuss the similarities and/or differences between the two wordles.
Here is a wordle example of two different articles. What is the topic of the articles? What words helped you decide? Can you tell what country/place these are from? What are the most important issues in each article? What is the focus of each article?
Assignment
Part A: Choose a variety of newspapers (US, Canadian and International) from the links below to compare. Make sure you are viewing news from the same date.
What similarities or differences do you notice?
Which issues or news articles appear in more than one newspaper? How do the points of view differ?
What types of articles appear on the front page?
What are the top stories? Are they local, national or international? Why do you think these stories were considered most important?
What can you tell about the country by the type of news being reported?
How does the country's history/background affect the news? (You may need to do some research about the city/country.)
Part B: Choose one issue or article from 2 contrasting newspapers to present to the class. Answer the following questions about the articles.
Who is the author of each article? When was the article written? What sources of information were used by the author?
Is there any bias in point of view? Does the author give his opinion anywhere in the article?
Do you agree or disagree with each point of view? Why or why not?
Part C: Complete a Venn diagram illustrating the similarities and differences in point of view to organize your ideas.
Input the text of each article into Wordle . Add the wordles to your wiki. Discuss the similarities and/or differences between the two wordles.
Here is a wordle example of two different articles. What is the topic of the articles? What words helped you decide?
Can you tell what country/place these are from? What are the most important issues in each article? What is the focus of each article?
United States
Kansas City Star - Kansas
The Washington Times - Washington, D.C.
The New York Times - New York State
Houston Chronicle - Texas
The Palm Beach Post - Florida
Cape Cod Online - Hyannis, Massachusetts
LA Times - Los Angeles, California
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
Canada
The Globe and Mail - Toronto, Ontario
The Ottawa Sun - Ontario
The Vancouver Sun - British Columbia
The Chronicle Herald - Nova Scotia
International
Le Monde - France
Jamaica Observer - Kingston, Jamaica
The Telegraph - England/United Kingdom
China Daily - China
The Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia
The Dominion Post - Wellington, New Zealand
O Globo - Brasil, South America
Peru 21 - South America
Essahafa - Tunisia, Africa
The Standard - Kenya, Africa
El Sol de Mexico - Mexico City
La Prensa - Nicaragua
El Nuevo Dia - Puerto Rico
Mail and Guardian Online - South Africa